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Original Title:	De tweeling
ISBN:	1569472610 (ISBN13: 9781569472613)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Publieksprijs voor het Nederlandse Boek (1994)

The Twins

Tessa de Loo

Paperback | Pages: 356 pages

Rating: 3.62 | 4187 Users | 215 Reviews

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Title	:	The Twins
Author	:	Tessa de Loo
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 356 pages
Published	:	July 1st 2003 by Soho Press (first published 1993)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. European Literature. Dutch Literature

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Let me simply start off by saying that this is not the only time I will read this book. If I live long enough, this is one of the books I will be reading for a second time. Also, this is not the only book I shall read by this author. After I finish this review, I will order more of her books.

I have read many novels about the first and second World Wars, and I have not figured out exactly where I will place this one on that list, but it will be very high up... In that rarefied category with DOS Passos', "Three Soldiers," "All Quiet on the Western Front," "The Naked and the Dead," "A Farewell to Arms," and "The Book Thief."

"The Twins," by Tessa De Loo is told in the third person narrative. It is two separate stories, told by twin sisters... Anna and Lotte... Who are separated at about six years old after their father passes away. Lotte is taken in by relatives that live in Holland, and Anna is taken in by relatives living in Germany. Between the time they are separated, and then meet as old ladies at a spa where the water supposedly has rejuvenated effects, they have only seen each other twice.

It is during their treatments at the spa, that they tell their harrowing but different experiences during World War 2. Anna, a volunteer nurse and Red Cross worker, tells her story through the eyes of a German woman trying to survive, and still support her country and its wounded soldiers. In one horrific scene, she walks into a room of a hospital that has been sealed off and on the floor soldiers are rolling around like beach balls with no limbs.

Lotte spends her time during the war sheltering Jewish families and friends from the SS. She looks upon the German people, even though she herself is German, as though they deserved everything that happened to them. Anna's stories about the devastation of Germany has little effect on her, at least not to the very end.

They both have very tragic stories... Personal stories about loved ones that were killed on the battlefield and gassed to death in the Camps. There are many characters, all that are wonderfully developed. The writing is sublime, and there are passages in this book that remind me of Joseph Conrad and that is the highest praise I could ever bestow on a writer.

This is not a book for the faint of heart. There were times I had to put it down because of the horrific inhumanity being described. Lotte and Anna's experiences during the war are different, but the one thing they share, in my opinion, is their humanity. When giving a chance to help, they reach out and do just that, despite the deadly consequences. According to Dante, doing nothing when you could help gets you a spot right next to Lucifer in hell, whereas helping when it is the most difficult gets you a spot in Paradise.

I want to thank my friend Hans for this wonderful gift. It is a piece of literature I will cherish.

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3.5 stars.There are aspects of this book that were quite wonderful. I found the plot well-conceived, intriguing and complex. The idea of looking at a good person who happens to be a German is an important one because it is easy to think in hindsight that all Germans were bad people. In fact, we often think that all Germans were evil. It is a simplistic idea and this book gave us a reason to think more deeply. How do good people allow an evil man to reign over them? What do we learn from it?Anna

The blurb made me think of Erich Kaestner's book The Double Lotte (made into the several Parents Trap movies).What would happen to them if they didn't meet till they were old ladies? Tessa de Lootells such story.Belgium, 1991. Lotte is Dutch, staying at a famous Spa.She meets Anna, who is German.They start talking (Lotte knows German) and realize both were born in Cologne, Germany,in 1916.They are...twins,separated in 1922 upon the death of their parents.Anna went to their grandfather and uncle,

Brilliant story, brilliantly told.

Absolutely loved this book! I liked how it went back and forth between the present and the lives of the twins especially through WWII. This takes place in Germany and Holland. The premise of the book is about twin girls who, due to the loss of their parents, end up being split up when they are 5 or 6 years old. 1 goes to German relatives who are farmers in Germany and 1 goes to Dutch relatives in Holland. They are to stay separated. Then at the end of their lives they run into each other at a

One of the best books I've ever read. It will stay with me for a long time. The author is Dutch and few of her books have been translated but I ordered what I could find. This one is about German-born twins separated at 6 years because of the death of both parents. One is taken by her German relatives and the other is taken by her Dutch relatives. They experienced very different wars. They meet again in their 70s at Spa in Belgium and relate their life stories to each other. You can sympathize

I started reading this book at school when I was bored. I hadn't had a clue what the book was about, so I had no expectations at all. While reading I found myself really enjoying this book. I was wondering what had happened. Why did the sisters split up? Had they really not seen each other in 60 years? Would the bond between them ever be mended? How different were their lives? All those questions made me read the book very fast. And gradually all those questions were answered. Only the end of

Let me simply start off by saying that this is not the only time I will read this book. If I live long enough, this is one of the books I will be reading for a second time. Also, this is not the only book I shall read by this author. After I finish this review, I will order more of her books.I have read many novels about the first and second World Wars, and I have not figured out exactly where I will place this one on that list, but it will be very high up... In that rarefied category with DOS